The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-02
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

BJoRNsoS, the Norwegian novelist, now lives
at Paris.
FERDINAND WARD is thin and haggard and
shuns the eyes of all visitors at Sing Sing
ONE dollar has been voted by the Albany
Council with which to buy picture of the late
s. j. Tilden
THE largest legal fee ever obtained by Abra-
ham Lincoln and his partner. Herndon. was one
Of S., 900 from the Illinois Central railroad.
DANvILLE Breeze: Teacher-If you were
president of county fair, and wanted a gate
tender. what would you do9 Pupil-Boil it.
THE war of the Catholic Church on the
Knights of Labor is having some effect In the
Dominion of Canada several lodges have been
closed.
BURLINGTON Free Press: IT'S ii possible to
teach girls how to whistler asks an exchange.
1t is if you will only leave Their, alone when
they get their Inns puckered up.
NEW ORLEANS PIcAYUSE: 1t costs too much
money for ordinary people to hear the great sing
err, and number of dudes Monday night,
had to content themselves with oyster Pattes
ST PAUL Herald: There is strong suspicion
af1oat out West that the reason Bartholdi made
his statue bare headed is because to put hat on
her of the present fashion would make her
about three hundred feet higher
Col. FREDERICK GRANT has small aquarelle
painting in a gilt frame. It represents group
| of Indians and shows evidence o: artistic skill
! and training. sit is Of series pain ted by
| my father" said Colonel Grant to a reporter.
Boz INGERsoLL recently signed his name to
sentiment on exhibition in a Wall street cigar
case, whose proprietor lately sent the eloquent
/ free-thinker complimentary box Of Havanas.
He wrote: Let us have good smoke in this
! word-not in the next
WHEN Senator Stanford goes to Washington
at the beginning Of session he deposits $50 900
at local bank and he and his wife check against
| 1t. If anything, 1emains at the end of the ses
sion. which happens rarely, 1t Is left as nest
| egg for the next years expenses. y
Boston COMMONWEALTH: "Maggie's bother
asked me to kiss him. mamma" well, of
course, you did not9' mo, didn't hear 'im i"
| ssThen how do you know he asked your "We
l didn't hear him on'y dus little bit! didn't
| hear i'm nuf to go to i'm. mammal
| A COUSIN Of Charles Dickens, who is said to
be living in New York under very straitened
circumstances absolutely refuses to sell valuable
autograph letters of the great novelist though
handsome prices have been offered by collectors.
CHIEF-JusTIcE WAITE has gone to Toledo to at
tend the eightieth anniversary of the birthday
Of his old law partner and friend. Samuel NJ.
| Young. The two were boys together, aud began
business together as young lawyers. Theirs was
| among the early signs displayed as lawyers In
| Toledo, O.
M. BARTHoLDI says that, so far as he knows
the great statue of Liberty is the first example
of copper exterior mounted on iron trusses
He also said to a auestioner on the subject Of
his compensation that he he had. practically,
given his work on it from first to last but he
did not regret an hour or stroke it had cost
him, in his pride aud delight.
i NEW YORK Star The small girl whom I've
i quoted once or twice as making quaint remarks
went to church on Xmas with mamma Papa
remained at home trying on his new Xmas hat
When they got home he said to his pet:
well, darling, what was the text2'
'I'm not quite sure, papa, but 1t sounded like
Many are cold. but few are frozen ."
IT is pity that Mrs Logan cannot be chosen
to succeed her husband in the United States
Senate. "Of all the ladies' Of Washington,
wrote correspondent Of the Elmira Tribune
some time ago. II believe she is the only on,
whose photograph is in such demand that it il
on sale at the picture stores. like those Of Sen
ators, Supreme Court justices, generals ant
distinguished officials generally
THE difficulty of sighting rifles in the dark il
warfare has been ingeniously overcome by tn.
use of luminous paint. small luminous beat
is clipped on to the rife over the fore sight anf
another over the rear sight, when used At nigh